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The Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Inquiry has recovered recordings of testimony from around 550 survivors which it said had been destroyed. A major legal row developed earlier this month after the commission, which was established in 2015 and published its final report last month, said it had

Six films have been shortlisted by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) for the 2021 Human Rights on Film Award as part of the Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival. The rights group has assembled a five-person film jury chaired by advocate and educator Sinéad Burke, joined

A Pakistani court has indefinitely delayed the appeal hearing of a Christian couple who have been on death row since 2014. Shagufta Kausar and Shafqat Emmanuel were imprisoned in 2013 and later sentenced to death for allegedly insulting the prophet Muhammad.

Proposals to require courts to approve legal settlements of financial cases involving minors are set to be put to a public consultation after the summer. Personal injury and road traffic specialist firm JMK Solicitors has been calling since 2016 for action to ensure children’s rights are fully

Ken Murphy retired from the Law Society of Ireland today after serving for 26 years as its director general. There were only 5,000 solicitors in Ireland when Mr Murphy took up office in 1995, and he leaves the Law Society with more than 22,000 solicitors on the roll today.

US attorney Domnhall O'Cathain, who hails from Co Cork, has been elected president of the Brehon Law Society of New York. Mr O'Cathain is a partner in the personal injury department of New Jersey-based Marzano-Lesnevich, O'Cathain & O'Cathain LLC.

Benjamin Bestgen this week discusses violence against women. See his last primer here. One of the fundamental justifications for permitting an organised state, government and law enforcement to exist is that these institutions, and the people who serve in them, are meant to guarantee public safety.

Victims of sexual offences will receive publicly-funded independent legal advice under a pilot scheme launched today. The new scheme fulfils one of the recommendations of retired Court of Appeal judge Sir John Gillen’s high-profile review of the law and procedures in serious sexual offences in

UCC School of Law has been recognised for its efforts to promote gender equality with a Bronze Athena SWAN Award. The department-level award was granted following a submission process involving a robust self-assessment that identified gender equality challenges and opportunities relating to staff an

A serving police officer has been convicted of a terror offence for the first time in UK history after a court found he was a member of the proscribed neo-Nazi group National Action (NA). Ben Hannam, a 22-year-old Metropolitan Police officer, joined the group in March 2016, nine months before it was

William Fry partner Leo Moore examines what is reasonable and proportionate to request from an individual in order to verify their identity. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) significantly enhances data subject rights, including the right to information, access, rectification and erasure

A six-year youth justice strategy aimed at diverting children and young adults who commit a crime away from further offending and involvement with the criminal justice system has been launched. The Youth Justice Strategy 2021-2027, developed by a steering group since 2019, is designed to provide a d

NUI Galway School of Law has announced the academic promotions of staff members Dr Shivaun Quinlivan, Dr Rónán Kennedy and Professor Padraic Kenna. In recognition of their teaching and research excellence, Dr Quinlivan and Dr Kennedy have been promoted to senior lecturer while Professo

Health and safety protections will be extended to gig economy and precarious workers in Northern Ireland next month following a landmark court ruling in London last year. The Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (Protection from Detriment in Health and Safety Cases) (Amendment) Order (Nor

Insurance risk and commercial law specialist BLM has announced three promotions and two new appointments in its Belfast office. Michelle McCullough and Tara McSorley have been promoted to partner and Michelle King has been promoted to associate.